Pediatric Liver, Biliary, and Pancreas Disease
We care for patients from all over Sweden and receive children from other countries for diagnostics and treatment of the hepatobiliary and pancreatic systems. Liver and pancreas diseases in children are rare, so it is essential to centralize the knowledge to a few healthcare providers in order to give the best possible care and to build clinical experience.
Our department for pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition receives patients from all over Sweden. In most cases, we handle the diagnostic process and meet the patients for yearly checkups. The regular follow-ups are made by the patient’s local healthcare provider in cooperation with our unit. By collaborating with other local hospitals, we are able to care for a large number of patients. We also receive children from other countries for diagnostics and treatment of the hepatobiliary and pancreatic systems.
Some of the liver, biliary and pancreas conditions we diagnose and treat are:
- Neonatal cholestasis
- Metabolic liver disease
- Inflammatory/autoimmune liver, biliary and pancreatic disease
- Acute and chronic liver failure
- Vascular liver diseases – congenital vascular defects, including shunting of blood, and also thrombotic vascular diseases
- Acute and chronic pancreatitis with pancreatic insufficiency
The Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital is a part of Karolinska University Hospital, with facilities in several locations in Stockholm.